Legal News

Finding that a man knowingly and voluntarily waived the right to appeal the appropriateness of his concurrent 34-year sentences
following a guilty plea to drug charges, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed his sentence.

A Cedar Grove campground owner’s appeal regarding the judgment that the campground is subject to the Safe Drinking Water
Act raised an “interesting question,” the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals noted, but the judges dismissed the appeal
because the owner raised arguments for the first time on appeal.

Citing a 1951 Indiana Supreme Court case, the Court of Appeals has affirmed that the law does not allow a guardian of an incapacitated
person to file a petition for divorce on behalf of the incapacitated person.

The Indiana Court of Appeals was divided Wednesday over whether a Merrillville store failed to preserve its issue of prejudice
by opposing summary judgment granted to two companies in a negligence lawsuit filed by a woman who fell on ice in front of
the northern Indiana Pier 1 Imports store.

The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a property owner’s motion for relief from judgment after his two parcels
were sold in a Marion County tax sale. The man argued the notices sent by officials didn’t comply with statutory requirements
and he was denied due process.

Finding police lacked reasonable suspicion and probable cause when responding to a call about a disturbance that would justify
a seizure of a Marion County man, the Indiana Court of Appeals concluded Keion Gaddie was subject to an unlawful stop.

Chief Justice Brent Dickson has appointed Bloomington resident Kirk White to a five-year term with the Indiana Supreme Court
Disciplinary Commission. White fills a vacancy created by the expiration of Richmond resident Fred Austerman’s second
term.

A former Marion County deputy prosecutor pleaded guilty Tuesday in an Indianapolis federal court to accepting a bribe. As
part of the plea, he agreed to tell federal prosecutors what he knows about public corruption in Indianapolis.

Muncie attorney John H. Brooke has a flair for providing hands-on help to his clients in the fireworks business. Say someone’s
unavailable at the last minute to fire off a town’s Fourth of July display. Brooke can handle that.

The Supreme Court of the United States issued the final decisions of the 2012 term June 26. In addition to the Vance v.
Ball StateUniversity ruling on the definition of “supervisor,” several of the decisions
handed down during waning days of the term promise to have far-reaching impact.

A juvenile who pleaded guilty to what would have been Class D felony sexual battery if committed by an adult should not have
been placed on the sex offender registry, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Monday.

BP Products North America will settle a class-action lawsuit resulting from a gasoline recall last year, agreeing to pay $7
million in damages, costs and claims, according to attorneys representing the class.